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29 Judges J. 9 (1990)
The Best Method of Selecting Jurors

handle is hein.journals/judgej29 and id is 129 raw text is: The Best Method of Selecting Jurors The process of selecting a jury from a panel of prospective jurors, or venire, is probably as varied as the number of judges presiding over those selections.I Yet, within these many procedures, two basic methods, the struck jury system and the strike and replace or jury box system (and their varia- tions) are used in a substantial major- ity of federal and state jurisdictions. The authors believe that the struck jury system is the superior system for most jurisdictions. Favored by many judges, it has been cited as being the selection process that is theoretically capable of producing less bias in a jury than any other method.' The struck jury method also is recommended by the American Bar Association's (ABA) Standards Relating to Juror Use and Management.3 In this article, we de- scribe the struck jury technique and defend its use against a set of criteria for the voir dire process. The legitimate purpose of voir dire is to assure that each member of the By G. Thomas Munsterman, Roger G. Strand and J. William Hart Summer 1990 John Neubauer

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